There is an advanced guide that explains Workbench editor functions, but I cannot figure out how to attach it to this post. What I can't find is a step by step instruction manual on how to use the Workbench. Yes, there is that 4-page User Manual, but I find it lacking a lot.

Well, to tell the truth, the more time I spend reading these forums the more I learn about things that I thought might be written in a more advanced manual, like, how you need to unplug the 1/4" cable and put the volume knob to zero when you put the 69 to sleep at night so it doesn't drain the battery.

fair enough, i never have read even the basic manual so i don't know what's there and what's not...

that sounds somewhat like it would be basic manual info.

Well, to tell the truth, the more time I spend reading these forums the more I learn about things that I thought might be written in a more advanced manual, like, how you need to unplug the 1/4" cable and put the volume knob to zero when you put the 69 to sleep at night so it doesn't drain the battery.

IMHO the JTV Pilots Guide is the only manual that's available. AFAIR the Online PDF has some little more information than that one comes with the guitar.

Anyhow, in the guide is written to plug off the 1/4" jack, when guitar is not in use, even to lower down the volume to get a kind sleep mode. So what more you need?

BTW if you want to connect your JTV via usb connector to your PC you have to put in the supplied VDI cable, put in a 1/4" plug and switch on the modeler in your JTV otherwise you will get no connection.

But if you plug in your VDI cable in your HD and connect your HD via USB you need no 1/4 jack plugged in. It is a matter of power supply by the battery or the HD.

There is a lot that needs to be in the manual, especially in the area of using Workbench. For example, the Help in Workbench does not address all the buttons and menus that appear on the application. I don't find them to be intuitive. If I were a documentation designer I would include a step by step guide on how to edit models and alternate tunings, how to save them, back them up, restore them, etc. I mean in detail.

but workbench... much like line6 edit, gearbox, and the hd edit programs... would have it's own manual so that's kind of a separate issue....

although certainly a valid point.

There is a lot that needs to be in the manual, especially in the area of using Workbench. For example, the Help in Workbench does not address all the buttons and menus that appear on the application. I don't find them to be intuitive. If I were a documentation designer I would include a step by step guide on how to edit models and alternate tunings, how to save them, back them up, restore them, etc. I mean in detail.